HMS Flora (1893)

	HMS Flora
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Flora
Builder	Pembroke Dock
Launched	21 November 1893
Commissioned	24 July 1895
Decommissioned	March 1922
Renamed	TS Indus II in April 1915
Fate	Sold 12 December 1922 for breaking up in Dover
General characteristics
Class and type	Astraea-class cruiser
Displacement	4,360 long tons (4,430 t) fully loaded
Length	320 ft (98 m)
Beam	49 ft 6 in (15.09 m)
Draught	19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion	2 shaft, 3 cycle TE, 8 cylinder boilers; 7,500 hp (5,600 kW) natural draught; 9,500 hp (7,100 kW) forced draught; Coal 1000 tons maximum load;
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h) natural draught; 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h) forced draught;
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km)
Complement	44
Armament	2 × QF 6 in (152 mm) guns; 8 × QF 4.7 in (120 mm) guns; 1 × 3 pdr (47 mm) quick firing gun; 4 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Deck 2 in (51 mm); Conning tower 3 in (76 mm); Gunshields 4.5 in (114 mm); engine hatch 5 in (127 mm);

HMS Flora was an Astraea-class cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 21 November 1893. She was constructed under the Naval Defence Act 1889 along with several other Astraea-class cruisers. Flora was decommissioned in 1922.

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